Harlem Public School Parents Rally In Support Of Mayor's Stance On Charters

WCBS 880's Marla Diamond Reports

City Councilman Danny Dromm, D-Queens, declared that 42 council members, including Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, have signed a letter to Albany demanding an additional $1.9 billion in funding for New York City’s public schools.

“We are living in an unjust state with an unjust governor,” Natasha Capers, a public school mother, told WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb.

“We want educational justice,” said Moskowitz. “We want access to educational excellence and opportunity. This is not just about the 194 scholars that we love. This is not just about Harlem Central. This is about our city, our state and our country.”

“Remember the 45 proposed co-locations carried over from the Bloomberg administration? We agreed to 36, we disagreed with nine,” de Blasio said Monday. “I think that any judge that looks at it is going to see that we were very balanced and objective.”

De Blasio’s aides have said by denying Success Academy space, the mayor is trying to prevent the loss of special education seats.

In a statement, the Department of Education said: “In our decisions, we set consistent, objective, common sense standards — most importantly protecting students with disabilities.”